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KMID : 0606420020080030435
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
2002 Volume.8 No. 3 p.435 ~ p.445
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Effects of Aromatherapy Program on Depression and Fatigue in Middle Aged Women
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Lee Sung-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose: he study was to examine the effects of aromatherapy program on depression and fatigue in middle aged women.
Method: The study was a noneqivalent control group pretest-posttest design. After giving informed consent. Subjects were assigned to the aromatherapy program intervention or control groups. The subjects were given Zung´s Self-Rating Scale test before the trial to evaluate their depression. Yoshitake´s Fatigue Scale were used to measure the fatigue before and after the trial. Subjects in the experimental group received aromatherapy massage 3 times a week for 20 minutes during 2 weeks and inhaled essence oil from AM 10:00 to PM 8:00 every day for 2 weeks.
Result: 1) The decrease in the depression score was statistically significant(p<.000). 2) The decrease in the fatigue score was statistically significant (p<.002).
Conclusion: Aromatherapy program is an effective way to treat depression and fatigue in middle aged women. In particular, to compare with aromatherapy massage, inhaling essence oil appears to be a convenient method of offering support and maintaining optimal health in middle aged women
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KEYWORD
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Aromatherapy program, Depression, Fatigue
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